Is ST. MARYS's water safe to drink?

ST. MARYS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 19,408 people get their water from it, across 6,642 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

99 total violations and 8 health-based ones put ST. MARYS at the 82th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,313 of 12,903.

How ST. MARYS compares within GA

ST. MARYS's 8 health-based violations sit above the GA average of 3.5, across 312 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for ST. MARYS is from 2024-05-07 (health-based: 2013-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

ST. MARYS's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:

• Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)

The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what ST. MARYS reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 99 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.